Bitcoin Shorts Are Spiking Again: War Fears and Stalled Legislation Are Driving the Bias

Funding rates across crypto exchanges have swung significantly negative, indicating a strong short bias in the market, according to Santiment data published on March 9, 2026. What the Funding Rate Chart Shows The Santiment chart tracks Bitcoin’s aggregated exchange funding rates alongside price from March 2025 through early March 2026. source: https://www.ethnews.com/bitcoin-shorts-are-spiking-again-war-fears-and-stalled-legislation-are-driving-the-bias/